Medicine and Science: Resources
Discover a set of resources designed to get you thinking about the intersection of medicine and science.
Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
Aaron Waldt
Business Development Lead
Helping Patients through Drug Discovery
Learn how researchers from Amgen are developing new drugs for cancer.
Namrata Joshi
PhD Neuroscience
Namrata Joshi has a PhD in Neuroscience and works with Moffitt Cancer Center.
Madiha Khan
Patent Examiner
Madiha Khan is a Patent Examiner at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
Sandeep Padda
Global Studies Manager
Sandeep Padda is a Global Studies Manager for Hoffmann-La Roche (Roche Canada).
Ben Peacock
Director - Contracts, Pricing, Private payers and Pharmacy
Ben Peacock is the Director of Contracts, Pricing, Private payers and Pharmacy for Amgen Canada.
Monica Seger
Medical Affairs Director, Oncology (Retired)
Monica Seger was a Medical Affairs Director, Oncology (Retired) at Bayer healthcare.
Paul Gordon
Bioinformatics Manager
Paul Gordon is a Bioinformatics Manager at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute.
Leann Sweeney
Director, Sales & Marketing Effectiveness
Leann Sweeney is the Director of Sales & Marketing Effectiveness for Amgen Canada.
What if You Could Choose Your Baby?
Many people have had children using assisted reproductive technologies. But some of these medical biotech techniques can raise some ethical issues.
My Stem Cell Donation Story
In April 2016, Let’s Talk Science volunteer Daniel Tarade donated stem cells to help a person who needed a stem cell transplant to survive. Learn what stem cells are, how and why people donate, and what Daniel’s experience was like.
Why is Henrietta Lacks Important?
When the cells of Henrietta Lacks were collected by medical researchers after her death in 1951, it changed the future of medicine.